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Myrlin


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Hi Folks

 

I thought I'd pop up a couple of pic of our tug, its a bit belated as we got it in April but better late than never. Hope to get the van in early December.

 

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Know nothing about tugs, but love the dogs and they're travelling in style.

Lynda

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Nice tug, We are considering a Colly 7 or MU-X ourselves. What sort of van have you ordered.

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Seeing the towball on the back reminds me my wife parked her car in the street and when she came back someone had stolen the towball off it.

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Felicia wrote:

Know nothing about tugs, but love the dogs and they're travelling in style.

Lynda

 The Frenchy is ours and the pug is my son's. The Frenchy will be travelling with us yes he is used to traveling in comfort.

 



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Nice tug, We are considering a Colly 7 or MU-X ourselves. What sort of van have you ordered.

 Hi Granty, we ordered a Van Cruiser Interceptor. Its a 19' semi off-roader. Hope to have it before Christmas. Fingers crossed.



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Seeing the towball on the back reminds me my wife parked her car in the street and when she came back someone had stolen the towball off it.

I've worried about that myself. Sometimes I take the gooseneck and ball out of the tow bar and stick it in the back of the 4WD. Then I worry if I have a bingle the heavy ball will fly into the back of my head.

Better to buy a new ball than a new head I suppose.



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Myrlin, You can purchase a Hayman Reece locking pin to ensure tow tongue security for a mere $35-00 at Super Cheap or a generic brand for $27-00 search.supercheapauto.com.au/search reece locking pin&isort=score&method=or&view=grid&af=brand:sca
A floating tow tongue/ball would be fatal into the back of a persons head.

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Possum3 wrote:

Myrlin, You can purchase a Hayman Reece locking pin to ensure tow tongue security for a mere $35-00 at Super Cheap or a generic brand for $27-00 search.supercheapauto.com.au/search reece locking pin&isort=score&method=or&view=grid&af=brand:sca
A floating tow tongue/ball would be fatal into the back of a persons head.

 

Thanks Possum3, I'll check it out. Sounds like a great idea.



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Thanks for the heads up grahos re the theft of your towball. I realised the potential existed a long time ago for someone to nick the WDH tongue assembly so I fitted a locking pin to it.

But that only secures the tongue assembly, not the actual towball itself. I always carry a spare towball just in case, but I'd be surprised if anyone has a locking device for the ball.

At the end of the day, you'd have to be pretty desperate to knock off a towball, even a nice chrome plated one.

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Yes mine was not even a chrome one but it still got stolen.

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I got this from Supercheap Auto. It was about $40. There were cheaper ones but this looked pretty sturdy and had 2 keys. But as Fastcoach says, it won't protect the actual ball.

 

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